https://www.afghanistan-analysts.org/en/reports/context-culture/new-lives-in-the-city-how-taleban-have-experienced-life-in-kabul/

    • ElmLion [any]
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      2 years ago

      Honestly true. I can imagine why Che went out to try start the revolution in other countries :che-smile:

    • axont [she/her, comrade/them]
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      2 years ago

      "Furthermore, when sometimes I want to come from home to Kabul, for example, and I don’t have a vehicle to go with, I come to the nearby road so a passer-by could pick me up and drive me to Kandahar. But once an old man with his old Corolla stopped, I thought he did so to pick me up, but he didn’t. Rather, he mockingly told me that now the entire government is in your hands, so you no longer deserve help, adding that now it’s your turn to pay back all the help we have given you."

      this is hilarious. That old man was like "Yeah you're a cop now, get your own ride."

    • disgruntled_worker [none/use name]
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      2 years ago

      I’ve made friends with three guys who are from our province but have been living here [in Kabul] for more than 15 years. We sometimes go to Qargha, Bagh-e Wahsh [Kabul Zoo], Sarobi and Tapa-ye Wazir Akbar Khan. To be honest, every time I go with them, they pressure me to play and listen to music in the car. At first, I was resisting, but now I have given in, with the one condition that they turn it off when passing through security checkpoints because many other Taleban don’t like it, and it’s bad for a Taleb to be seen listening to it.

      lmfao this guy is getting deprogrammed by his buddies

    • ssjmarx [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      This is absolutely amazing. I wanna see a Mike Judge comedy about this, Office Space with the Taliban.

  • SaniFlush [any, any]
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    2 years ago

    The theocratic puppets of American empire realizing that they actually have to run a country now that they've "won" fills me with bitter laughter...

    • Grandpa_garbagio [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      I need a source so bad

      Edit: it's the autoadmit thing at the bottom apparently

  • Spike [none/use name]
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    2 years ago

    The article is brilliant. You can see how quickly capitalism has taken over their lives. Even better is the guy talking about how he and other ex Taliban didn't know how to deal with women complaining about violence against them because they'd never spoken to women before